O Father, Your Presence is what I desire; <br />Do Thou fill me with Holy Spirit Fire. <br /> <br />Without you I am lost and afraid; <br />Your Presence is what I desire. <br />Come, Lord Jesus, and save me <br />From the stench of sin and mire. <br /> <br />I can't believe you really want me, <br />So sinful and slothful as I am; <br />Accept my penitential prayer, my God. <br />Through your Son, Jesus, our Perfect Lamb. <br /> <br />I am sorely afraid of offending you, <br /> And I pray to be a deserving child <br />Who serves you in my neighbor ~ <br /> You, my Lord, are Holy, and undefiled. <br /> <br />Be Thou our Father, Son and Holy Spirit, <br />Rock, Lighthouse, Saviour and Friend; <br />Please guide each and everyone of us <br />And to each beloved soul do Thou tend. <br /> <br />We want to be pleasing to you <br />In everything we say and do; <br />Bless us with all virtue, <br />annoint us, too <br />For as you love us we also love you. <br /> <br />Your Presence is what we desire; <br />Fill us with Holy Spirit Fire. <br /> <br />October 5,2006<br /><br />Carmela Patterson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/your-presence-is-what-i-desire/
